Chemelil is a town in

Kisumu County Kisumu County is one of 47 counties in the Republic of Kenya. Its borders follow those of the original Kisumu District, one of the former administrative districts of the former Nyanza Province in western Kenya. Its headquarters is Kisumu Cit ...

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. It is part of

Muhoroni Muhoroni is a town in Kisumu County, Kenya. Muhoroni hosts a town council. It has an urban population of 13,664 and a total population of 31,148 (1999 censu. Muhoroni has a railway station along the Kenya Railways Corporation, Nairobi-Kisumu Ra ...

District. Chemelil has a railway station along the Nairobi-Kisumu Railway between the stations of Kibigori and Muhoroni. The town is located 40 kilometres east of

Kisumu Kisumu ( ) is the third-largest city in Kenya after the capital, Nairobi, and the coastal city of Mombasa (census 2019). It is the third-largest city after Kampala and Mwanza in the Lake Victoria Basin. Apart from being an important polit ...

, the county capital. Muhoroni, another town, is located 10 kilometres east of Chemelil.Rough Guide Map of Kenya Chemelil is home to ''Chemelil Sugar Company''. The latter also owns

Chemelil Sugar FC Chemelil Sugar Football Club, or simply Chemelil Sugar FC, was a Kenyan football club based in Chemelil. They were playing in the top division in Kenyan football from 1997 to 2020 when the team got disbanded. Their home stadium was Chemelil Sport ...

, a football club playing in the

Kenyan Premier League The Kenyan Premier League (KPL), officially known as the FKF Premier League and as the BetKing Premier League (BPL) for sponsorship reasons, is a professional league for men's association football clubs in Kenya. Standing at the top of the Kenyan ...

. Its home ground is Chemelil Sports Complex. The educational facilities in Chemelil include Chemelil Academy, Chemelil Factory Primary School, and Chemelil Sugar Primary School. Chemelil is a home for many since many settlers land there for work.

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